my womenhooda moneybox filled with stonesa home to worms, woodpeckersa cave to the wolves climbed down my bodyon my arms, new seeds are sprinkled the man of your life is searched that is quite a serious matter

my womanhood, my cold snackand my pubic, a home for nothingness, the world stands hereand you! live with the rubbish thrown into you

when he is gone, tell him that flesh leaves nailthat you live with the science of the breaktell him of that serious illness

like a lamb skin, she is cold in your gaze

I am not in dept to you your mothers womb, sir!my womanhood, my invaded continent

neither I am a land cultivated...scratch off the organ that is not minelike a snake skin, I wish I could drop it

it is not reasonable to be a mother to a murder

it is not homeland that is divided but the body of womannow, do not tell me of men!

Author Bio:

MÜESSER YENİAY was born in İzmir, 1984; graduated from Ege University, with a degree in English Language and Literature. She has won several awards in Turkey including the Yunus Emre (2006), Homeros Attila İlhan (2007) and the Ali Riza Ertan (2009) prize.

Her first book Dibine Düşüyor Karanlık da was published in 2009 and her second book Evimi Dağlara Kurdum is a collection of translation from world poetry. Her latest book Yeniden Çizdim Göğü was published in 2011. She has translated the poems of Persian poet Behruz Kia under the name of Lalelere Requiem. She has translated Selected Poems of Gerard Augustin together with Eray Canberk, Başak Aydınalp, Metin Cengiz (2011). She has also translated Personal Anthology of Michel Cassir together with Eray Canberk and Metin Cengiz (2011).

Her poems have been translated into English, French, Serbian, Arabic, Hebrew and Italian. She participated in the poetry festivals in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Israel, Serbia and United States. Müesser is the editor of the literature magazine Şiirden (of Poetry). She is currently pursuing an M.A. in Turkish literature at Bilkent University, Ankara, and is also a member of PEN and the Writers Syndicate of Turkey